Brush



(No Model.)

' W. MBLIUS.

BRUSH.

No. 485,642. Patented Nov; 8, 1892.

WITNESSES;- INVENTORQ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVALTER MELIUS, OF ALBANY, ASSIGN OR TO THE EMPIRE PORTABLE FORGECOMPANY, OF LANSINGBURG, YORK.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,642, dated November8, 1892.

Application filed June 3. 1892- Serial No.435,4=53. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER MELIUS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to brushes of the class known as daubers, having ahead-band open at. top and bottom to allow the bristles to be securelyplaced within said head-band, and has for its object to provide suitablemeans for securing a cap on the top of the bristles. This I accomplishby the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure1 is a plan View of a brush embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section of the same, taken through the center of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a plan view of a head-band and handle. Fig. 4 is a plan Viewof a cap. Fig. 5 is a sectional perspective view of a modification of myinvention.

' As illustrated in the drawings, A represents a head-band open at itsupper and lower edge and preferably provided with a scraper a. A handle13 is formed integral with said headband, and a transverse slot 1) isformed in the casting composing the handle and head-band at the junctionof the two parts and preferably in the head-band.

19 represents a flange extended from the edge of the handle to thehead-band to strengthen the shank of the handle.

A knot of bristles D is secured at its upper end within the headband bymeans of cement or other suitable means, anda cap 0, having a circularmain portion and a laterally-extending lip c, is placed upon the top ofthe knot of bristles. The lip o of the cap is inserted through thetransverse slot and is secured to the under side of the shank of thehandle by means of a rivet E, passing through an opening b, formed insaid shank, and a corresponding opening 0' in the lip c of the cap. Thecap is placed within the upper edge of the head-band, which preventslateral displacement of the same. By securing the lip c of the cap belowthe handle instead of above it and drawing it firmly to said under sidethe forward edge of the handle adjacent to the slot b presses againstthe cap forward of the rivet E and holds the cap down on the top of theknot, and the natural stiffness of the cap causes the forward portion ofthe same nearest the scraper a to bear down firmly on the bristles,Whereas when a cap is secured to the upper surface of the handle theforward portion of the cap rises naturally out of place, requiring theaid of auxiliary devices for holding the same in position. Instead ofthe rivet E the lips of the cap may be secured to the under side of thehandle by other suitable means, such as the retaining-lips b (Shown inFig. 5.) I prefer in many instances to use this last-named constructionfor the reason that the shank of the handle is not thereby weakened bymaking an aperture for the rivet and the retaining-lips obtain a moresecure hold on the cap.

IVhat I claim is l. The combination, with a knot of bristles, of ahead-band and handle formed integral with each other and provided with atransverse slot formed at the junction of the same and a cap providedwith a laterally-extending lip engaging said slot and secured to theunder side of the handle, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with a knot of bristles, of a head-band and handleformed integral with each other and provided with a transverse slotformed at the junction of the same and a cap provided with alaterally-extending lip engaging said slot and secured to the under sideof the handle by means of retaining-lips formed on said handle,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof Iaftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER MELIUS.

Witnesses:

EUGENE VAN ALLEN, MARION RANDOLPH.

